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Mindy and Ligeia decided to make homemade eggnog for the holidays. They had never done so before so they looked up a recipe online. If you’re interested in trying the same, here are the ingredients you will need (6 servings): – 6 egg yolks – 1/2 tsp of salt – 1/2 cup sugar (the recipe […]

Recently, Mindy flew up to Toronto for a wonderful, albeit brief, visit. Doing her best to see as many people as possible in the short time resulted in a number of nights on couches and air mattresses. It was all worth it! She went up to Barrie with her mother and brother to visit Oma […]

Today is Mindy’s birthday and here’s how she spent the day: She awoke to Erick and Ligeia singing Happy Birthday to her, following by a pancake and scrambled egg breakfast. She opened Erick’s gift of a tea kettle and a canister of loose leaf Earl Grey tea. After Erick and Ligeia went to work, Mindy […]

To continue our efforts to experience the Tampa area as much as possible while we’re here, we went on a Jeep tour of a local game farm, focused on conserving animals (we made sure of that after our dolphin cruise). This farm, at approximately 400 acres, is home to a number of exotic animals with […]

Mindy, Ligeia and Erick celebrated Thanksgiving today by first, sleeping. After some cleaning we all watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade ended with Santa Claus: After the parade Mindy set out to do some Thanksgiving cooking: She made a VERY yummy feast including tofurkey with carrots and parsnips, mac and cheese, 3-bean salad […]

Tuesday night, the Maple Leafs came to town to play the Tampa Bay Lightning. With Mindy being the Leafs fan that she is, it was set in stone months ago that there was going to be a trip to the hockey arena. She even ensured that her jersey was packed and brought to Dunedin. The […]

On Tuesday, Mindy went to visit a couple of friends, Heather & Tam with Benjamin (their 3-month old son), as they relaxed at their parents’ vacation home in Orlando. Located within a golf and country club, the house and backyard were beautiful. The fact that it was part of a golf club, Heather and Mindy […]

Recently, we joined Groupon and have been waiting for a good deal to come up for an activity that we’re interested in. It didn’t take long, as this area is full of fun things to do (and it helps that the weather continues to cooperate for us!) We decided to purchase a coupon to go […]

One of the perks of living in our current apartment is that basic cable is included with the rent. What that means is that Mindy spends a considerable amount of time watching her favorite channel – the Food Network. While watching during her lunch break one day last week, she saw how easily home-made ice […]

Mindy and Ligeia have started a Grandma ofrenda each year for the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. This year Erick joined in too and we all made food for our respective grandparents. We ate each food item and talked or heard a bit about that person and memories. It was a really moving evening […]

Ligeia enjoyed wearing this scary mask today and scaring her students by jumping out at them when they got off the elevator. She gave them a home-made cookie afterward though for good measure. Later, she posed with several of her colleagues and students for a group Halloween picture. Happy Halloween everyone! Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Ligeia flew up to Toronto Wednesday evening to appear at her citizenship ceremony by 8:15am on Thursday. The ceremony had several steps to it. Checking in… Saying the citizenship oath (also in French which Ligeia was not expecting), singing the National Anthem and receiving her certificate (and a small Canadian flag). Here Ligeia is with […]

Ligeia’s friend from college, Jennifer Cooper, happened to come to St. Petersburg, Florida to perform a program called Sentimental Journey, which tells the story of her grandfather and grandmother during World War 2. The performance alternates back and forth between a narration of actual letters sent to and from her grandmother and grandfather while he […]

Ligeia gets up before the sun does and always gets to the causeway at just about the time the sun wakes up. She often pulls over to the beach area and watches the sun paint the sky with gorgeous colors and stretch it’s rays over the water. It’s not a bad place to have breakfast […]

Ligeia got a job teaching at a language program at the University of Tampa. Unfortunately, this means a 40 minute commute to work. Thankfully, there are some nice parts of the drive that get her through it each day. Her favorite part of the journey is the Causeway connecting Clearwater to Tampa, which takes about […]

Mindy and Ligeia have been slowly getting used to their new apartment and area. This is what the front of our apartment looks like. Some of you will recognize the familiar mat from Mindy’s 30th birthday:This is our kitchen with one of those newer stoves which we’re still getting used to. Mindy has already made […]

Mostly our past few weeks have been filled with packing, organizing and doing errands, but we’ve managed to do some fun things too: We spent some time with Mindy’s dad, brother, and stepmom at the Beaches: We enjoyed getting to know 2 little kittens at Nathalie and Vic’s house: Here’s Mindy making a connection: And […]